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Don’t Sweat It: Premenopausal Women, Reproductive State, and the Joy of Night Sweats

Image of a sweat gland from Gray

I tend to go to bed freezing, especially so in the winter, so I pile our flannel sheet, blanket, and down comforter over me when I settle in to sleep. A few times each menstrual cycle, clustered together in the luteal phase between ovulation and menses, I wake up from sleep completely soaked in my [...]

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